beuregard,

I have recently seen, that whenever Internet Explorer is started, it
is sending packets to akamai.net to below host site address for
establishing connection which is now blocked.

a1733.g.akamai, a1935.gc.akamai.net, a1981.g.akamai.net

and have also blocked all IP ranging from 209.170.0.0 to
255.255.255.255




> >>> Have removed the certificates from Equifax Security.
>
> >> But this is not in the hosts file, correct?

Certificates are added in Internet Explorer it is not in host file.
>
> A yahoo site? Are you saying that you visit the yahoo site, then
> immediately receive an email? You've lost me. If "regular site" does
> not mean a yahoo site, name it.
>
> What is the subject and content of one of these emails?
>
Whenever I visit yahoo.com for email or to do a search. After couple
of days
receive unwanted email either related to marketing or some funny stuff
never
subscribed to.

In the past never had received junk email, now it is a lot.

capnat